Sanctuary
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Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:05
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How come that this 1769 drawing by Borlase does not show the facade as it is now in the photo below, albeit from a different angle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zennorquoitborlase1.jpg
https://picasaweb.google.com/100525707086862773355/ZennorFacade?authkey=Gv1sRgCP2M5YzE68H7Qg#5853743664694836930
More to say but let's deal with this first :-)
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harestonesdown
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:17
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Sanctuary wrote:
Artistic license ? A mistake ? Someone moved the stones around ?
Is there evidence to show he actually visited the site ?
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Sanctuary
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:28
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harestonesdown wrote: Sanctuary wrote:
Artistic license ? A mistake ? Someone moved the stones around ?
Is there evidence to show he actually visited the site ?
This one is more (only just) like the same angle as Borlases and again completely different.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/img_fullsize/25996.jpg
The 'artistic licence', if true, would concern me as what else could be wrong?
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Harryshill
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:28
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It does look more like a artists impression, rather than a detailed drawing.
http://www.pznow.co.uk/historic1/quoits.html
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nigelswift
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:28
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It's history seems to have been unusually well documented
http://ancient-cornwall.wikidot.com/hiac:zennor-quoit
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harestonesdown
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:30
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Sanctuary wrote:
The 'artistic licence', if true, would concern me as what else could be wrong?
That's why i wondered if there's actual evidence of him visiting. I don't know the answer but its pretty fundamental to any query.
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Sanctuary
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:33
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nigelswift wrote:
They are quite clear in Willis' 1849 sketch....odd
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harestonesdown
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:35
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Just read Borlase was the vicar there, so i guess he must have visited at some point, surely.
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bladup
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:37
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Sanctuary wrote: nigelswift wrote:
They are quite clear in Willis' 1849 sketch....odd
They are there Roy, it's drawn from the side, so are thin, as in real life, i can see what you mean though, i think it's just a case of they're hard to see and not drawn very clearly at all but the side of one is just there to see [only just though].
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Harryshill
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Re: Zennor Quoit
Mar 10, 2013, 16:40
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Mind you.
‘Cornish Antiquities’ was published in 1754, with a second edition released in 1769, complete with many plates based upon his sketches, including depictions of Zennor Quoit prior to it’s partial destruction and subsequent restoration, and Lanyon Quoit before it’s collapse in the early 1800?s.
'Many plates based upon his sketches'
'partial destruction and subsequent restoration'
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